This is a non-violence approach as best as Ghandi himself would have come up with. If the everyone opted for a pat down, then there would be massive queues as the TSA sods could not keep up with the folks in line, that gives them bad press - which is the last thing they want coming up to an election.
A possibly more effective solution: Refuse to fly. Take a bus, take a train, drive, or forgo travel, but don't pay into the system by buying a plane ticket.
Good luck with that. https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=TSA+Vipr&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 They're coming to your bus and train stations as well as check points on the road with the highway patrol.
The funniest part is that Dr Seuss (or rather, the artist pen name) actually did a number of propaganda posters in WW2.
I Googled for those, thats some interesting posters to look at for WW2. I wish I had mod points right now.
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. -- Lily Tomlin